Please note: this symposium is in-person and requires that you are in Montreal for February 4th 2023.

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Thank you for your interest in applying for the panel presentation. Submissions for a panel seat should be submitted to this google form no later than 11:59 PM Thursday, 19th January 2023.

 

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Goal

Our symposium looks at how digital tools can evoke nostalgia and use these emotions to preserve a future where we won’t repeat the same mistakes of a lost past. 

 

Due to its breadth, our table of panellists can accommodate individuals from academia to industry whose works have touched upon the past, the future, nostalgia, self, or identity – with a focus on digital tools and media. We want to hone in on the capacity that materials have for evoking memories.

 

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Structure

There are 6 total available seats for panellists, each of whom is given 20 minutes to present their work. Our primary goal to make time for a rich, insightful discussion where all presented ideas can formulate, so please keep this in mind when you are structuring the highlights, implications, and interesting portions of the talk. 

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Divided into two themes, 3 panelists will open with their talks in PANELS 1 (with a discussion period), followed by a session for workshops. This structure is repeated for the remaining 3 panelists in PANEL 2 for the second portion of the symposium.

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The themes and possible prompts which you may hone in or touch upon are:

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Potentialities of a Past

• How do you use digital tools in relation to the/your/someone’s past?

• What are the ways nostalgia is evoked or constructed by digital tools?

• Do you think nostalgia should be manufactured and digitally portrayed?

• To what extent can our machines take us back in time?

  • Don’t we always enter with an awareness tied to our present?

• What is lost (or left out) in order to recreate a lost past?

  • E.g., the ‘authenticity’ of retrogaming vs. the original game, remaster vs. remakes, the filmmaker’s eyes vs. the stories of those being filmed, the edges of a canvas portraying a snapshot, not the entirety

 

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The Future is Born

• Why is it important that we are projected into possible futures before experiencing it ourselves? How much can our digital tools help us do that?

• Are these projected futures just for humans? How can we ensure that nonhumans and nature are also included and given a hopeful future too?

• Does this projected nostalgia always work? Can it also demotivate people?

• How can we use our digital tools to persuade people to live toward a better future?

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Requirements

This student-led symposium is open to all persons, including but not limited to, students (ugrad-postdoc), faculty, artists, and industry professionals. Preferably, they are affiliated with a university or are themselves professionals based in Montreal.

 

There are no mandatory documents (papers, script) to apply for a panel seat, so long as applicants can provide details for the questions on the Google Form, and present no more than 20 minutes. 

 

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After Submission Process

Once you have submitted your interest to the Google Form, we will review all applications and indicate via email of the outcome. Applicants should expect to hear back from us during the weekend of January 21st - 22nd 2023.

 

Note: all definitive correspondence from this event is to and from projectlostagain@gmail.com 

 

Successful applicants should respond to the email with a reconfirmation of attendance and attach any documentation used to present their work, should they wish to.